Louisiana Man Sentenced to More Than 9 Years for Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Firearms Charges
Louisiana Man Sentenced to More Than 9 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine
Louisiana – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant Kirk Thompson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on March 23rd by U.S. District Court Judge Lance Africk to 117 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release and a $200 mandatory special assessment on Counts One and Two of a two-count superseding bill of information.
Count One of the bill charged Thompson with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C). As to Count Two, the superseding bill of information charged him with possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, that is, possession with intent to distribute both fentanyl and cocaine; all in violation of Title 18, United States Code Section, 924(c)(1)(A)(i).
On October 3, 2019, the New Orleans Police Department responded to a call about a wanted person, Thompson, who was seen in the 3000 block of Grand Route St. John in New Orleans, LA. An individual in an apartment complex directed officers to the apartment where Thompson was seen when they arrived. Officers knocked on the door, and a man who matched Thompson’s description answered and identified himself as “Kirk Thompson.” Officers informed him that he had the right to remain silent. Thompson eventually admitted to officers that there was a shotgun in the house and that he had smoked narcotics there.
Officers decided to obtain a search warrant for the apartment based on Thompson’s statement about the drugs and firearm. Officers discovered 11 firearms, including two assault rifles, inside the residence. Officers also discovered 89 grams of fentanyl and 300 grams of cocaine.
This case was being prosecuted as part of the federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, which is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s efforts to reduce violent crime. PSN is an evidence-based program that has been shown to reduce violent crime. PSN brings together a diverse range of stakeholders to identify the most pressing violent crime issues in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and collaborates with community-based prevention and reentry programs to achieve long-term crime reductions.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Inga Petrovich of the United States Attorney’s Office’s Violent Crime Unit.
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